Author : Nick Middleton
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447295293
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist by : Nick Middleton
Download or read book An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist written by Nick Middleton and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton takes us on a magical tour of countries that, lacking diplomatic recognition or UN membership, inhabit a world of shifting borders, visionary leaders and forgotten peoples. Most of us think we know what a country is, but in truth the concept is rather slippery. From Catalonia to the Crimea, and from Africa's last colony to the European republic that enjoyed just a solitary day of independence, the places in this book may lie on the margins of legitimacy, but all can be visited in the real world. Beautifully illustrated by fifty regional maps, each shadowy country is literally cut out of the page of this book. Alongside stories, facts and figures, An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist brings to life a dreamlike world of nations that exist only in the minds of the people who live there.